Write Stories Quotes
37 quotes by 35 authors
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I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write…
— George R. R. Martin
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Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories.
— James Patterson
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Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works.…
— Criss Jami
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I don't call magazines and let them know about things so they can write stories.
— Lauren Conrad
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I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the…
— Amy Tan
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Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any…
— Michael Chabon
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Why write stories? To join the conversation.
— Dorothy Allison
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I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
— O. Henry
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According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't…
— Haruki Murakami
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I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about people who dream…
— Haruki Murakami
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I was young, and by instinct of self-preservation I had to collect my energy on something, if I were not to be whirled away with…
— Isak Dinesen
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I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.
— Anne-Marie Duff
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I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid,…
— Robert Osborne
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I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but…
— William Lashner
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I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and…
— Morris Gleitzman
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I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life.
— Morris Gleitzman
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What was that king who won the world with cruelty?The one who wins hearts with love can make the sky bow down.The one who will…
— Nishan Panwar
Who Wrote These Write Stories Quotes
35 authors contributed a total of 37 Write Stories Quotes, led by these top contributors: